Submitting Papers to MIJ-NSR

The MRS Internet Journal of Nitride Semiconductor Research (MIJ-NSR) is an archival, peer reviewed journal featuring free universal access on the World Wide Web at http://nsr.mij.mrs.org/ .MIJ-NSR accepts scientific articles for publication in the area of nitride semiconductor research.

Manuscript Formats

MRS Internet Journal of Nitride Semiconductor Research accepts Word manuscripts prepared using an RTF template, which is available on this page, and manuscripts prepared using the American Physical Society's RevTeX format.

Manuscripts can be submitted by the FTP or mail attachment method. If for some reason, these methods are not possible, manuscripts files may be submitted by mail on Mac or DOS formatted floppy disks or zip disks. Sorry, we cannot return submitted disks.

Instructions

Questions and Answers on Submission to MIJ-NSR
  1. Download the template appropriate to the format you wish to use and use it to write your article. Instructions for downloading the MIJ-NSR RTF template are given below. There are special instructions for WordPerfect Users. If you are using RevTeX, you should download the MIJ-NSR ReVTeX template
  2. When you are ready to submit your manuscript, first fill out this form. You will be given a submission (or serial) number. If your article is part of a conference proceedings, you will fill out a slightly different form, and the conference staff may fill out the form for you. If you have a submission number and password this step has already been done!
  3. Sometime before publication, you must
    1. Pay the submission fee to MRS. Payment should be made to the MRS Internet Journal of Nitride Semiconductor Research, 506 Keystone Drive, Warrendale, PA 15086, USA; telephone (724) 779-3003; fax (724) 779-8313. If your article is part of a conference proceedings, the publication fees will be payable with your conference registration. When your submission form has been received, you will be sent the passwords you need to submit your paper. If you need an invoice or for some reason you cannot pay the submission fee you should contact the MRS to request a waiver.
    2. Send in the MIJ-NSR Copyright Transfer Agreement and send it in. Failure to file a Copyright Transfer Agreement may result in a delay in the publication of your manuscript.
  4. You will receive, by email, a password and directions for depositing your manuscript.
  5. If you need to modify the author information or e-mail address for your paper, use this form. (you'll need the password for your manuscript.)
  6. Using the submission number and password that you receive by e-mail, deposit your manuscript.
  7. Once you have deposited the manuscript, by email or FTP, tell the journal that your manuscript is ready to process, using this form. Your manuscript will then be processed into web pages. You will be notified by e-mail when this has happened.
  8. Check the web pages for serious formatting problems, and revise the manuscript if necessary.
  9. When the manuscript is ready to send to the editorial process, use this form to send the manuscript for review. You can use this form to send comments to the reviewing editors.
  10. You will be sent the referee's comments by e-mail.
  11. Revise your manuscript according to the referee's comments, and repeat the above steps. Use the this form to resubmit the paper for review and to enter rebuttals to the referee's comments.

Pricing

Since counting pages is difficult, we decided to make all charges apply on a per-article basis. Pricing for regular papers is as follows (Different arrangements may be in place for papers submitted in coordination with a conference):
Submission Fee $275
This fee is non-refundable, and pays for processing and the production of a web version of your article. In the event that your paper is not accepted for publication and archival, you may download and use the web version that is produced (without MRS copyright notices). This fee also pays for the service of your article into the future.
The total of $275 should be remitted to the MRS, as soon as your paper is ready to submit. If you need an invoice or for some reason you cannot pay the submission fee you should contact the MRS to request a temporary waiver. The editors have the discretion to grant full or partial waivers of the publication fees for a limited number of cases of financial hardship. Please contact the editors to apply for a financial hardship waiver.

Information for Authors

Downloading the RTF Template

 To get the Word (RTF) template Click the mouse down here. Depending on your configuration file, your computer may try to launch Microsoft Word or other RTF compatible word processor. On some machines, you may be asked to save the file in the location you prefer. Then Using Microsoft Word or other RTF compatible word processor, open the file, chosing to "convert RTF". Then replace the dummy title, abstract, text, etc. with your own work.

The WordPerfect Template

 We have found that WordPerfect users need to submit not the RTF version, but the WordPerfect document itself. A WordPerfect Template is available (thanks to Andreas Hangleiter for help on this). When you click the mouse down here, your computer should try to launch WordPerfect.

Ignore instructions about submitting RTF files; instead you should submit the "WPD" files.

MRS Internet Journal of Nitride Semiconductor Research

last updated Thursday, February 28, 2002 4:27:23 PM.
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